# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29–30 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Paul Biedermann (GER) | 1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 10:47.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 6 | Robert Renwick | Great Britain | 1:46.88 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | Nicolas Oliveira | Brazil | 1:46.99 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Netherlands | 1:47.24 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 1:47.33 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 1:47.34 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Yannick Agnel | France | 1:47.40 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Danila Izotov | Russia | 1:47.76 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | Pieter Timmers | Belgium | 1:47.89 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:47.90 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Conor Dwyer | United States | 1:47.90 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Matthew Stanley | New Zealand | 1:48.01 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | 1:48.05 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:48.12 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | 9 | Li Yunqi | China | 1:48.18 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Wang Shun | China | 1:48.19 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Clemens Rapp | Germany | 1:48.37 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Nikita Lobintsev | Russia | 1:48.41 | |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Alex di Giorgio | Italy | 1:48.47 | |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Dion Dreesens | Netherlands | 1:48.50 | |
| 19 | 6 | 7 | Dimitri Colupaev | Germany | 1:48.50 | |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Marco Belotti | Italy | 1:48.66 | |
| 22 | 6 | 8 | Ieuan Lloyd | Great Britain | 1:48.92 | |
| 23 | 5 | 7 | Jan Świtkowski | Poland | 1:48.93 | |
| 24 | 4 | 5 | Cristian Quintero | Venezuela | 1:48.96 | |
| 25 | 7 | 1 | Glenn Surgeloose | Belgium | 1:49.04 | |
| 26 | 6 | 6 | Grégory Mallet | France | 1:49.10 | |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Víctor Martín | Spain | 1:49.22 | |
| 28 | 5 | 0 | Blake Worsley | Canada | 1:49.30 | |
| 29 | 4 | 9 | Marwan Ismail | Egypt | 1:49.33 | NR |
| 30 | 4 | 7 | Matias Koski | Finland | 1:49.37 | |
| 31 | 5 | 9 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 1:49.43 | |
| 32 | 4 | 3 | David Brandl | Austria | 1:49.61 | |
| 33 | 6 | 9 | Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or | Israel | 1:49.78 | |
| 34 | 4 | 2 | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 1:50.15 | |
| 35 | 7 | 8 | Dominik Meichtry | Switzerland | 1:50.24 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Tomas Havránek | Czech Republic | 1:50.56 | |
| 37 | 3 | 6 | Povilas Strazdas | Lithuania | 1:50.86 | |
| 38 | 3 | 8 | Mateo de Angulo | Colombia | 1:51.14 | |
| 39 | 6 | 1 | Ben Hockin | Paraguay | 1:51.46 | |
| 40 | 3 | 5 | Jessie Lacuna | Philippines | 1:51.76 | |
| 41 | 4 | 0 | Doğa Çelik | Turkey | 1:51.79 | |
| 42 | 3 | 0 | Ensar Hajder | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:51.84 | NR |
| 43 | 3 | 4 | Jeong Jeong-Soo | South Korea | 1:51.86 | |
| 44 | 3 | 1 | Uvis Kalniņš | Latvia | 1:51.91 | |
| 45 | 3 | 3 | Wang Yu-lian | Chinese Taipei | 1:52.10 | |
| 46 | 4 | 8 | Lim Ching Hwang | Malaysia | 1:52.49 | |
| 47 | 4 | 1 | Ihar Boki | Belarus | 1:52.60 | |
| 48 | 3 | 9 | Long Yuan Miguel Gutierrez Feng | Mexico | 1:52.94 | |
| 49 | 2 | 3 | Nicholas Schwab | Dominican Republic | 1:53.07 | |
| 50 | 3 | 7 | Raphaël Stacchiotti | Luxembourg | 1:53.55 | |
| 51 | 2 | 6 | Marko Blaževski | North Macedonia | 1:54.26 | |
| 52 | 2 | 7 | Jemal Le Grand | Aruba | 1:55.08 | |
| 53 | 2 | 4 | Welliam Maksi | Syria | 1:56.02 | |
| 54 | 2 | 2 | Kevin Avila Soto | Guatemala | 1:56.74 | |
| 55 | 1 | 6 | Khader Baqleh | Jordan | 1:56.94 | |
| 56 | 2 | 1 | Mathieu Marquet | Mauritius | 1:57.48 | |
| 57 | 2 | 0 | Ahmed Gebrel | Palestine | 1:57.68 | |
| 58 | 2 | 5 | Pham Thanh Nguyen | Vietnam | 2:00.15 | |
| 59 | 1 | 4 | Evin Zekthi | Albania | 2:00.43 | |
| 60 | 1 | 3 | Pol Arias | Andorra | 2:00.44 | |
| 61 | 1 | 2 | Sovijja Pou | Cambodia | 2:01.06 | |
| 62 | 2 | 8 | Abdoul Niane | Senegal | 2:02.01 | |
| 63 | 1 | 5 | Guillermo Lopéz | Nicaragua | 2:03.95 | |
| 64 | 2 | 9 | Adam Viktoria | Seychelles | 2:04.44 | |
| 65 | 1 | 9 | Noah Al-Khulaifi | Qatar | 2:06.62 | |
| 66 | 1 | 7 | Haris Bandey | Pakistan | 2:09.85 | |
| 67 | 1 | 1 | Suleyman Atayev | Turkmenistan | 2:13.46 | |
| 68 | 1 | 0 | Sirish Gurung | Nepal | 2:14.56 | |
| 69 | 1 | 8 | Ammaar Ghadiyali | Tanzania | 2:15.28 | |
| | 4 | 6 | Leith Shankland | South Africa | | DNS |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 19:13.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 1:46.87 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Yannick Agnel | France | 1:47.01 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Conor Dwyer | United States | 1:47.05 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | 1:47.21 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Li Yunqi | China | 1:47.36 | |
| 6 | 4 | Nicolas Oliveira | Brazil | 1:47.42 | |
| 7 | 8 | Clemens Rapp | Germany | 1:47.51 | |
| 8 | 6 | Pieter Timmers | Belgium | 1:47.99 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Danila Izotov | Russia | 1:45.84 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:46.06 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Robert Renwick | Great Britain | 1:46.95 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 1:47.31 | QSO |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Netherlands | 1:47.31 | QSO |
| 6 | 1 | Velimir Stjepanović | Serbia | 1:47.53 | |
| 7 | 8 | Wang Shun | China | 1:47.84 | |
| 8 | 7 | Matthew Stanley | New Zealand | 1:48.35 | |

#### Swim-off

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | | |
| | | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Netherlands | WD | |
Verschuren withdrew from the swimoff to focus on the 100 m freestyle event.

### Final

The final was held at 18:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 2 | Yannick Agnel | France | 1:44.20 |
| | 7 | Conor Dwyer | United States | 1:45.32 |
| | 4 | Danila Izotov | Russia | 1:45.59 |
| 4 | 5 | Ryan Lochte | United States | 1:45.64 |
| 5 | 3 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 1:45.94 |
| 6 | 6 | Robert Renwick | Great Britain | 1:46.52 |
| 7 | 8 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 1:46.63 |
| 8 | 1 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | 1:47.11 |